Well, here I am in lovely Banff... pretty much a hiking/skiing town, elevation approximately 4,000 ft.
Friday was a rest day... but I have to say that running through international airports and staying up for 24 hours straight and going out dancing after a long day of traveling probably isn't too restful.
Yesterday my cross training was mostly all the walking we did... we walked to downtown and checked out the main street. Probably walked 2 - 3 miles. Also checked out the gym at the Banff Centre and did about 20 minutes on the bike. And went out dancing again for about 2 hours. Have to burn off all the rich food and lovely drinks that went with the traveling and exploration of Banff nightlife before the real work starts.
Today I ran 10 miles with a coworker also here for the conference. Well, really we ran/hiked/walked. The town is only a mile and a half long, so to avoid boredom and lots of circles, my coworker and I checked out some of the trails too, which got a little steep in places. The altitude is quite a challenge as well, but we finished all 10 and had an awesome adventure with rivers and waterfalls and lots dogs and walkers and trails and excellent scenery (including the very attractive mountain men :-p ).
The good thing about all this elevation training is that I'll be super human when I get back to Atlanta. Maybe it will help me suffer through the heat and humidity better... it has been quite lovely to have cool, dry air to run in no matter what time of day.
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